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today it was the release of mitt .omney's 2011 tax returns republican nominee paid $1.9 million in taxes, working out to our rate of just over 14%. critics say romney should release more returns, but so far he has resisted doing so. if a debate of something so dry as tax returns makes people so angry, but there is a wonder if the two sides will ever work together. we have more on where the battle lines are drawn. >> the highs, the lows, the ever-changing landscape of the miami skyline. many small time americans feel that miami it looks to alien, to gleaming. in 2012, as in previous elections, all eyes are on this day. but who cares? or are we missing the bigger picture? this country has essentially become ungovernable. its politics are poisonous. miami-dade colleges the biggest in the nation, 175,000 students, many of them from minorities. all of them poured out on the streets in this massive voter registration drive, a drive that comes after court battles over access -- what ideas do you need to vote? how far in advance can you do it? >> the efforts have come from republicans. but in es
today it was the release of mitt .omney's 2011 tax returns republican nominee paid $1.9 million in taxes, working out to our rate of just over 14%. critics say romney should release more returns, but so far he has resisted doing so. if a debate of something so dry as tax returns makes people so angry, but there is a wonder if the two sides will ever work together. we have more on where the battle lines are drawn. >> the highs, the lows, the ever-changing landscape of the miami skyline....
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look for romney to claim that obama will raise taxes across the board. look for obama to claim that romney will destroy the social safety net. the reality is that whoever wins in november will have a very small set of policies they can pursue if they want to put this economy back on track. there will have to do a bit of both. this " reform on the tax side and the expenditure side. >> on a camping trip with her for mitt romney that he will be much more aggressive about cutting the federal deficit. will he do that? >> no. he is going to have to recognize that if he goes too far, he will undermine this recovery that america is going through right now. at the end of the day, there's only a small set of measures that can be taken. the main question is on the economic side. the main question will be on the social side. what social judgments are made to accompany where there is a rather limited set of economic options. >> is there a difference there? i saw your economic decisions cause social changes. the difference between the two administrations, what would b
look for romney to claim that obama will raise taxes across the board. look for obama to claim that romney will destroy the social safety net. the reality is that whoever wins in november will have a very small set of policies they can pursue if they want to put this economy back on track. there will have to do a bit of both. this " reform on the tax side and the expenditure side. >> on a camping trip with her for mitt romney that he will be much more aggressive about cutting the...
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president obama hit the road, but his tax policy already has critics up in arms. at least 70 people in a pakistan city are now believed to have been killed by contaminated items. the deaths appeared to be linked to a batch of drugs given to patients free of charge by a government run hospital. a senior health official says the hospital has registered a case against the company manufacturing the medicine. we have all of the latest. >> an official has told the bbc that 28,000 people receive drugs from a contaminated batch. we understand that the drugs were distributed free of charge free of december, and they say these drugs were manufactured by a little-known local companies and that they did not have expiration dates -- they were manufactured by little-known local companies. several arrests have been made. the relatives of the dead are saying that it is too low to ring the alarm bell and that more lives were lost because of this. doctors are warning the death toll could reach 150. we know that more than 400 people have become ill since taking these drugs. the hosp
president obama hit the road, but his tax policy already has critics up in arms. at least 70 people in a pakistan city are now believed to have been killed by contaminated items. the deaths appeared to be linked to a batch of drugs given to patients free of charge by a government run hospital. a senior health official says the hospital has registered a case against the company manufacturing the medicine. we have all of the latest. >> an official has told the bbc that 28,000 people receive...
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silvio berlusconi has been found guilty of tax fraud. he said the conviction was a political judgment that he found to be incredible and intolerable. however, the multi-millionaire businessman may never sleep in a prison bed. gavin hewitt reports. >> for 17 years silvio berlusconi served as italy's prime minister. today he was sentenced to prison for tax fraud, a four-year sentence which was reduced to one year. a further moment of shame for a man whose premiership came to be dominated by scandal. the judge said there had been a significant amount of tax evasion and that mr. berlusconi showed a natural capacity for crime. he was banned from holding public office for five years. a small crowd toasted the further disgrace of the 76-year-old billionaire who for so long dominated italian public life. silvio berlusconi phoned one of his tv stations and called the verdict a political conviction that was incredible and intolerable. >> he has lost his grip on the judicial system. it's his crusade against the italian judicial system and it's poss
silvio berlusconi has been found guilty of tax fraud. he said the conviction was a political judgment that he found to be incredible and intolerable. however, the multi-millionaire businessman may never sleep in a prison bed. gavin hewitt reports. >> for 17 years silvio berlusconi served as italy's prime minister. today he was sentenced to prison for tax fraud, a four-year sentence which was reduced to one year. a further moment of shame for a man whose premiership came to be dominated by...
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no one wants to talk about taxes going up. they want all these other narratives about what can happen, but the reality is, you have to bring revenues up. we're proposing that tax rates go back to the 1990's level. that was a time of fiscal responsibility, relatively speaking. but nobody wants to do that right now. >> hundreds of economists have said you have to raise taxes and cut spending. why won't it happen? >> well, because the politicians do not want to take any action. what would you take any difficult political position? the dangerous when the bond market's turn against you, as it surely will at some point, the interest rates will go up very rapidly, and that will be a very difficult time. >> is there a chance, looking ahead to the next election -- we could be heading into a time where there is even more political polarization, even more stagnation? we're looking at the prospect of four more years of politicians and not fixing stuff? >> yes, that is a possibility. on the other hand, the bush-era tax cuts expire at the e
no one wants to talk about taxes going up. they want all these other narratives about what can happen, but the reality is, you have to bring revenues up. we're proposing that tax rates go back to the 1990's level. that was a time of fiscal responsibility, relatively speaking. but nobody wants to do that right now. >> hundreds of economists have said you have to raise taxes and cut spending. why won't it happen? >> well, because the politicians do not want to take any action. what...
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as soon as possible. >> with the deepening recession, it is getting harder for greece to raise more tax revenues, while spending cuts could hold back a return to growth. the international monetary fund projects a 4.8% contraction this year and no growth next year, but many think that is too optimistic. >> the economy is almost dead, and a lot of economists here feel that if you just squeeze of little bit more, then that will be the death certificate, nothing will be moving anymore. >> in athens, the latest developments in the greek and financial crisis, things are being watched closely in european financial markets. >> greece -- >> this economists said she thought greece will not be able to meet the terms of the bailout deal. >> i do not think that a greece will be able to meet the targets that they set out today -- i do not think that greece will be able to meet the targets. if we are looking at the immediate issues for the euro area, there are other issues that need to be addressed, but they will need more time in more money. >> as the greek prime minister left today's meeting, he was
as soon as possible. >> with the deepening recession, it is getting harder for greece to raise more tax revenues, while spending cuts could hold back a return to growth. the international monetary fund projects a 4.8% contraction this year and no growth next year, but many think that is too optimistic. >> the economy is almost dead, and a lot of economists here feel that if you just squeeze of little bit more, then that will be the death certificate, nothing will be moving anymore....
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the attacks on july 22, he said, or preventative a tax to protect the norwegian people. he said he committed a small barbarism to prevent a bigger barbarism. "i therefore demands," he said, "to be acquitted." some here have themselves spoken movingly about their experiences, prompting cheers and applause inside the courtroom. >> what ever happens, we will never see him again. they will throw away the key. >> i hope i don't have to see his face and the papers or the television every day. that we can get some peace from him. i really hope so. >> all the anger and revulsion. is seen as the vast majority of people here still seem to think it was the right thing to do to hold the trial in this courtroom here, and open trial where breivik was given the chance to explain his actions. how painful that was for everyone. his trial over, breivik will have to wait until august before the judges announce his fate. whether he will go to prison or a psychiatric ward. richard dalton -- galpin, bbc news. >> an extraordinary trial there in norway. home to natural beauty, and now it is the
the attacks on july 22, he said, or preventative a tax to protect the norwegian people. he said he committed a small barbarism to prevent a bigger barbarism. "i therefore demands," he said, "to be acquitted." some here have themselves spoken movingly about their experiences, prompting cheers and applause inside the courtroom. >> what ever happens, we will never see him again. they will throw away the key. >> i hope i don't have to see his face and the papers or...
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enough with the taxes. taxes, taxes. for what? >> for the vast majority of greeks, it is nothing as bad as this. yet every person you meet here knows of someone who has lost their jobs, had their wages cut, or had their benefits reduced. this creates uncertainty about what the future holds. it is an anxiety already etched on the faces we found at this health clinic, run by a charity more used to working in the developing world. now, this is where greece's new pour -- new poor turn for help. for some, there are food parcels. >> it is a catastrophe a. what we need is food aid. >> until recently, this man was a pharmacist. >> it is humanitarian aid. how do you feel about it? >> i am here because i was fired two months ago after eight years. i have a little kid. they need food and medicine. there are no jobs out there. this is the only way of getting by. >> back home with a few provisions for his family, but this is a short-term solution to a problem that ries knows could last a generation. match the price, bbc news. >> -- matthew pri
enough with the taxes. taxes, taxes. for what? >> for the vast majority of greeks, it is nothing as bad as this. yet every person you meet here knows of someone who has lost their jobs, had their wages cut, or had their benefits reduced. this creates uncertainty about what the future holds. it is an anxiety already etched on the faces we found at this health clinic, run by a charity more used to working in the developing world. now, this is where greece's new pour -- new poor turn for...
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. >> it has taken six years and a billion dollars, but the world's biggest tax center for carbon capture and storage is finally opened. norway produces about 3% of the world's fossil fuels, and politicians, including the prime minister, believe they bear responsibility for were developing the technology. >> that is a very important technology if you are going to be able to solve one of the main challenges we are facing, the need for increasing the energy production in the world and at the same time being able to reduce future aemissions. >> the site is next door to a power station and oil refinery. carbon dioxide flows into the facility. it is piped to various pieces of equipment being tested. the biggest is an absorption tower. gas flows of birds while a liquid chemical trickles down. it asserts -- flows upward while a liquid chemical trickles down. it absorbs co2. the result, coal powered fire stations without greenhouse gases. >> it is something we need to support fossil fuel usage. there is no problem with fossil fuels if we can capture this year to remissions. >> carbon capture tech
. >> it has taken six years and a billion dollars, but the world's biggest tax center for carbon capture and storage is finally opened. norway produces about 3% of the world's fossil fuels, and politicians, including the prime minister, believe they bear responsibility for were developing the technology. >> that is a very important technology if you are going to be able to solve one of the main challenges we are facing, the need for increasing the energy production in the world and...
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in the uk, starbucks says it will start paying corporation tax. the company has nearly 1/3 of the uk coffee shop market, but has only paid the tax once in the past 15 years. starbucks has been stung by public criticism of its actions. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, nearly 25 years after a deadly gas attack, one kurdish town is still trying to identify the scores of people who died. to japan now, where the authorities are trying to figure out how tunnel collapsed on sunday, killing at least nine people. huge concrete slabs in the tunnel smashed on to cars. that started a fire on the main route from tokyo to central japan. we report now on that story. >> only this morning, the mangled wreckage of three vehicles was brought -- early this morning, the mangled wreckage of three vehicles was brought from the tunnel. last came a small delivery truck. the driver had been trapped, but alive. by the time rescuers got to him, he was dead. the collapsed tunnel lies deep in the mountains of central japan, just to
in the uk, starbucks says it will start paying corporation tax. the company has nearly 1/3 of the uk coffee shop market, but has only paid the tax once in the past 15 years. starbucks has been stung by public criticism of its actions. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, nearly 25 years after a deadly gas attack, one kurdish town is still trying to identify the scores of people who died. to japan now, where the authorities are trying to figure...
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large numbers of young people coming in with different backgrounds, they are scared perhaps that their tax money is going to be going to people who are not personally associated with them and that there may be things in this country that do not seem quite right to them, but this is the older part of america. >> numbers that are getting an awful lot of attention in america, particularly in this presidential election. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on the program, facebook is set to launch its multibillion-dollar share sale. we find out more. now, to the passing of the olympic flame. the fire is officially in british hands tonight, despite the rain in athens. tomorrow, it will catch the plane to london. we have a report. >> the olympic flame better get used to this. after one week in the greek sunshine, the torch was given a rather damp sendoff in athens this afternoon. despite that, the london 2012 denigration, it will not dampen the impact of the revel -- the arrival of the flame. >> princess anne. >> the attached paper of a 70- day fuse that is going to detonate
large numbers of young people coming in with different backgrounds, they are scared perhaps that their tax money is going to be going to people who are not personally associated with them and that there may be things in this country that do not seem quite right to them, but this is the older part of america. >> numbers that are getting an awful lot of attention in america, particularly in this presidential election. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on the...
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he said he will not pay the outstanding tax fight against him -- tax find against him, and that is a move that is likely to put him on a collision authorities there. >> you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, who said electric cars are slow? we are on the racetrack of the uk team as they attempt to put the record straight. it seems like the familiar tale of a father wanting to find a loving husband for his daughter, but the story is far more complicated than it appears. offers have flooded in from around the world after a man offered a large reward to marry his daughter. but there is one issue, his daughter is a lesbian. >> this is just one of the thousands of marriage proposals is just one issue. the daughter of the property tycoonthat gigi chao has receiv. why? because her father, a hong kong billionaire, has offered $54 million to the man who can successfully woo her. but there is already taken. she entered into a single partnership with her girlfriend of seven years in paris five months ago. the guay daughter of one of the richest men in hong kong have laughed off
he said he will not pay the outstanding tax fight against him -- tax find against him, and that is a move that is likely to put him on a collision authorities there. >> you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, who said electric cars are slow? we are on the racetrack of the uk team as they attempt to put the record straight. it seems like the familiar tale of a father wanting to find a loving husband for his daughter, but the story is far more complicated than it appears....
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real tax cuts, tax breaks, having liberalized the labor market. it makes it easier increase to settle legal business so new private sector can emerge. you have to do both. you have to cut back on the public sector but also make it possible for the private sector to flourish instead of giving it a new array of taxes like has been happening in greece. >> the financial markets would hamper any country that was not seem to make big budget cuts because that implies a lack of confidence in the country. the government had no choice. they felt they had to go ahead. now the voters as saying they do not want that anymore. >> it is one thing to have cut back on government spending, especially in countries like france and greece where you have a bloated public sector. but they have to be coupled by reducing taxes so that people have a chance to breed. the joke in greece is that they do not pay taxes because they do not get government services. the government has strangled itself. bulgaria and albania both put in 10% flat tax is pretty easy to collect. russia
real tax cuts, tax breaks, having liberalized the labor market. it makes it easier increase to settle legal business so new private sector can emerge. you have to do both. you have to cut back on the public sector but also make it possible for the private sector to flourish instead of giving it a new array of taxes like has been happening in greece. >> the financial markets would hamper any country that was not seem to make big budget cuts because that implies a lack of confidence in the...
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soaring budget deficits, skyrocketing unemployment, the spending cuts to tax it up -- to tackle the problems. you can take your pick of countries in europe to fit that description. today, spain steps into the austerity spotlight. the revealed cuts of around 3% of gdp, $36 billion. the announcement was presented yesterday by angry public cross -- protests, resembling those seen increase. how long can europe go on with countries following this pattern? this is something i discussed with the director of the europe program at the center for strategic and international studies. there is something of a vicious cycle. you have governments running up huge deficits, risking default, making massive cuts to satisfy europe. but do you not risks stifling and the recovery? >> this is about the missing economic growth. we see these really deep cuts and structural reforms such are so important to returning the spanish economy, the periphery economies, to greater competitiveness. but the problem is the more they cut, higher unemployment, lower growth, and they just cannot keep going through this. they are di
soaring budget deficits, skyrocketing unemployment, the spending cuts to tax it up -- to tackle the problems. you can take your pick of countries in europe to fit that description. today, spain steps into the austerity spotlight. the revealed cuts of around 3% of gdp, $36 billion. the announcement was presented yesterday by angry public cross -- protests, resembling those seen increase. how long can europe go on with countries following this pattern? this is something i discussed with the...
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. >> maybe instead of attacking others on taxes, romney should come clean on his. >> trying to reach these vital voters, the two campaigns have spent $116 million on tv ads in ohio alone, most attacking their opponent. >> fewer americans are working today than when president obama took office. >> but if the air war is important, the ground war could be important. an emotional opening of the latest obama campaign field office, they now have more in an 100 in the state. the romney campaign just over 30. here they're trying to rebuild obama's 2008 winning coalition of women, young people and african-americans to rekindle the old magic. >> fire it up. >> ready to go. >> door-to-door canvases check up on obama who vote -- on people who voted for obama last time. >> are you going to be voting this election? >> yes. >> i'm a volunteer with president obama's re-election campaign. >> others on the list get a phone call. tonight's session is aimed at women voters. their opponents say they're working just as hard and despite the polls there's everything to play for. >> our job is to knock on ev
. >> maybe instead of attacking others on taxes, romney should come clean on his. >> trying to reach these vital voters, the two campaigns have spent $116 million on tv ads in ohio alone, most attacking their opponent. >> fewer americans are working today than when president obama took office. >> but if the air war is important, the ground war could be important. an emotional opening of the latest obama campaign field office, they now have more in an 100 in the state....
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higher vat taxes. they did this in the 30's, and that did not have a happy ending. >> connectability in this. we look at what the french are about to do now, taxing people 75% if they earn over 1 million euros, but without it, you cannot demand the kind of suffering the country is going through without asking for cuts, as well. >> the suffering comes when you do not have a vibrant sector. we should have learned that from the soviet union and other countries. the key is, you can have that like the flat tax. this would make the private sector to flourish. in japan, it is set proportionally higher than in greece. this stuff does not work. >> when you went to bed last night, you had seen that there had been a big change in france. we do not know what we are going to end up with in greece. what was your reaction in terms of the economy and for the businessmen and women in this country? >> well, i hope it is not to do what those countries have done. we went on a spending binge a couple of years ago. our debt
higher vat taxes. they did this in the 30's, and that did not have a happy ending. >> connectability in this. we look at what the french are about to do now, taxing people 75% if they earn over 1 million euros, but without it, you cannot demand the kind of suffering the country is going through without asking for cuts, as well. >> the suffering comes when you do not have a vibrant sector. we should have learned that from the soviet union and other countries. the key is, you can have...
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we are seeing benefits of the extension of unemployment insurance as well as the payroll tax extension. both of those have allowed for more income to be used, therefore creating demand. >> president obama is talking about manufacturing jobs. this is still an area where there is a lot of shortage. how are you going to combat that weakness? >> part of what we want to do is make sure we are training people for these manufacturing jobs. many entrepreneurs have told us they're looking for skilled individuals. we are proposing to put more investment in community colleges at the tune of about $8 billion. half of it would go k-12. the rest would go to community colleges so that we could have the skills to bring back jobs that have left this country over the last decades. >> there is the broader context that people are still hurting. wages have not increased that much. gas prices are at a record high for this time of year. what can you do to medicaid this? >> i think we continue to expand -- and mitigate this? >> i think we continue to expand jobs in renewable energy. there has been a job growt
we are seeing benefits of the extension of unemployment insurance as well as the payroll tax extension. both of those have allowed for more income to be used, therefore creating demand. >> president obama is talking about manufacturing jobs. this is still an area where there is a lot of shortage. how are you going to combat that weakness? >> part of what we want to do is make sure we are training people for these manufacturing jobs. many entrepreneurs have told us they're looking...
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from the funds have seen loans to portugal, ireland, and greece, but only subject to tough controls of taxing and spending. it does not want a formal bailout would forces imposed by other euro zone members. it wants the money to go direct to the banks. german chancellor angela merkel does not want bailout cash paid directly to banks, but there are reports there are talks under way, and they could reach a new compromise. david cairn will find out more when they meet tomorrow. if the situation in spain gets worse, there will be ripples across europe, including london. british banks will worry about their loans in counterparts. the biggest british drink company announced a major announcement that its sales are well, but it is braced for no growth in the euro zone. >> in the u.k. or exporting to europe. therefore, those markets are weakened. clearly, we are not going to be exporting as much or employing as much. it will be a downward spiral. we do not want that. as i said. central bankers, politicians, sort out. >> so a direct challenge, head off a damaging economic downturn. bbc news. >> despite
from the funds have seen loans to portugal, ireland, and greece, but only subject to tough controls of taxing and spending. it does not want a formal bailout would forces imposed by other euro zone members. it wants the money to go direct to the banks. german chancellor angela merkel does not want bailout cash paid directly to banks, but there are reports there are talks under way, and they could reach a new compromise. david cairn will find out more when they meet tomorrow. if the situation in...
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>> the nature of these tax and the attack on mulala and the aid workers is terror. people need heroes. that is why the world rallied around mulala, because she stood up. she was a champion of education before she was attacked. these aid workers have gone forward with the polio campaign in the face of taliban threats. they are heroes, and unfortunately, victims as well. >> ambassador, thank you for joining us. five very brave woman shot dead in pakistan. for more news about the world, chief correspondent for nbc, richard engel, and members of his production crew have been freed from syria after being held captive for five days. they came under fire at a rebel checkpoint on monday. he said his captors talked openly about their loyalty to president assad. under hospital care after 4 -- after a stroke. there is discussion about whether to fly president talabani abroad for treatment appeared correct -- portrait and. -- for treatment. and pres. zuma and won comfortably, but many people question his role following allegations of corruption. jonathan edwards report. >> it c
>> the nature of these tax and the attack on mulala and the aid workers is terror. people need heroes. that is why the world rallied around mulala, because she stood up. she was a champion of education before she was attacked. these aid workers have gone forward with the polio campaign in the face of taliban threats. they are heroes, and unfortunately, victims as well. >> ambassador, thank you for joining us. five very brave woman shot dead in pakistan. for more news about the...
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less people, less business, less tax revenue. to reverse this, they are actively inviting immigrants to settle here. their right to the rest of years ago as undocumented and she recently got her green card and brought her children from honduras to baltimore. she dreams of starting a catering business while working on cleaning houses. >> i like baltimore, she says. i don't know if it's because i get around pretty well. i'm relaxed going to work, walking, shopping. with north without documents, anyone can go about their business here. >> many u.s. states have adopted strict anti-immigration laws that baltimore is doing the opposite promoting itself as immigrant friendly. the latino population had doubled in the last decade and they have spread out opening shops, restaurants, and stores catering to their community. they help businesses such as these will bring back vigor into the city and revitalize their economy. to create a more welcoming atmosphere, the mayor has issued an executive order prohibiting local authorities from unwarr
less people, less business, less tax revenue. to reverse this, they are actively inviting immigrants to settle here. their right to the rest of years ago as undocumented and she recently got her green card and brought her children from honduras to baltimore. she dreams of starting a catering business while working on cleaning houses. >> i like baltimore, she says. i don't know if it's because i get around pretty well. i'm relaxed going to work, walking, shopping. with north without...
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with tax increases, food is more expensive. now more people grow their own. at the local school, the head teacher says families who not long ago were the new rich are now the new poor. he says violent behavior has risen and more kids now arrive in the morning without eating breakfast. one obvious effect of the eurozone crisis is that countries like portugal have a shrinking public sector. while some argue the scale of government cuts is starving the economy of a vital source for growth, others see the crisis as an opportunity for a more efficient form of government. that is the mission of the government voted in last summer. after its bailout from brussels, portugal is on track to get public finances in order. >> if you look at our economy, our big problem was the creation of companies, to get our judicial system quicker, to get our tax system consistent. all of that, we are working very hard so we can attract more companies. that is the secret of economic growth. there is no magic. >> there is a mood of the acceptance in portugal. many believe a short painfu
with tax increases, food is more expensive. now more people grow their own. at the local school, the head teacher says families who not long ago were the new rich are now the new poor. he says violent behavior has risen and more kids now arrive in the morning without eating breakfast. one obvious effect of the eurozone crisis is that countries like portugal have a shrinking public sector. while some argue the scale of government cuts is starving the economy of a vital source for growth, others...
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the first is he does try to do a tax reform that's long overdue. we haven't had a significant tax reform since 1986, and the second is, waste the future of the safety net and the old wage and low-income programs? it's a very different vision there. >> in the waning hours of his bid for the white house, mitt romney has pitched himself as a candidate of compromise. he talks about working with good democrats to get america moving again. and it is exactly what this bit earl divided country really -- bitterly divided country really needs. but there's a hitch. his priorities may make that compromise simply impossible. >> what the court did not do on its last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states, and that is i will act to repeal obamacare. >> mr. obama's experience on capitol hill should be a warning. the odds are -- >> i don't know what his definition of a good democrat is, other than someone who will abandon the core principles of the democratic party. >> and if that president is relegated to the heap of on
the first is he does try to do a tax reform that's long overdue. we haven't had a significant tax reform since 1986, and the second is, waste the future of the safety net and the old wage and low-income programs? it's a very different vision there. >> in the waning hours of his bid for the white house, mitt romney has pitched himself as a candidate of compromise. he talks about working with good democrats to get america moving again. and it is exactly what this bit earl divided country...